box office: week of June 4

indiewire's weekly box office recap:

The summer movie season is quickly coming to close, and while most of the box office related attention has been paid to the various $100 million opening weekends (or lack thereof) meeting the likes of various superhero movies, we're keeping a little list of the litt...
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Monday and Tuesday continued the weekend holiday box office surge, with total box office for both days over $80 million (better than some Friday/Saturday totals some weekends), an increase of 10% over the same days last year (based on incomplete estimates).

Going in, the Christmas release schedule looked uncertain. The holiday openers were headlined by adult-oriented wide releases; there was no "Frozen" still riding high , like last year, and at the last-minute a promising comedy ("The Interview") was removed from nearly all prime theaters. So what hap...

Sony is still taking it on the chin without 'The Interview' in the theatrical box office mix. Its scattered indie theaters fell sharply yesterday, but it appears national attention on moviegoing has paid off in unexpectedly strong ways nearly across the board.

2014 has seen a worrisome drop in domestic box office, and a big factor has been the lack of originality in studio tentpole and prime date releases. So at the launch of the Christmas avalanche of new releases this week, all three are their franchises' third spin around the track: a third "Hobbit," a...

Slow and steady wins the race. Five fall specialty films grossing over $500,00 this weekend, which is usually a low grosser before the rush of older viewers starts Christmas Day. Among new openers, Mike Leigh's "Mr. Turner" had the best showing along with a standout one-theater start from the animat...

It isn't unusual for a handful of films with Oscar hopes to open last-minute around Christmas, sometimes in just a few theaters. But this year more significant awards contenders than usual are heading for the big screen. How they fare could impact their awards momentum.